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Sink or Swim Katherine A. Sprang refreshingPeople living in the nineteenth century United States saw shocking upheavals in both the economy and in ideas of selfhood in a commercial society. Narratives such as Horatio Alger's rags to riches tales allured Americans with visions of financial success, while events such as the Panics of 8 9, 837, 857, and 8 5 threatened them with sudden and devastating financial failure. The antebellum period's "go ahead" ethos encouraged individuals to form an